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Sitting atop a Manhattan apartment building in a community garden lush with flowers marked the beginning of a relationship with Arthur Miller that opened my eyes and heart to a vista of possibilities I had not imagined.
Now, we all know that Arthur Miller has had an extraordinary life. You can read about his work in this very magazine or better yet, pick up any one of his many plays, essays, or short stories, or perhaps his autobiography. We also understand that Arthur is highly regarded for his intellectual, cultural, and political contributions to our country and beyond. Some might recognize his good taste or know a bit about his carpentry skills and his passion for making practical furniture. Perhaps it is his relentless activism that strikes a chord with you. Maybe you have heard a thing or two about his travels around the world and his relationship with various leaders across the globe. Friends might note his family, his laps in his pond, or the grandchild that tickles him. Maybe it is the sweet ditty he wrote, "Sittin' Around," from The American Clock, one of my favorites.
I suspect you have an inkling of the remarkable decades of experiences he has lived through and affected. The Great Depression comes to mind, or say, the McCarthy era? Perhaps the civil rights struggle or the too-frequent assassinations. Maybe the great jazz or big band era. The golden ages of radio, television, film, and, some would say, theater. Watergate? Cuba? The construction and destruction of the Berlin Wall? Maybe World War II, Korea, or Vietnam? The Holocaust? The rise and fall of so many governments, democracies, peoples--you get the idea.
The whirlwind of history through which Arthur has passed is nothing less than tremendous, but what distinguishes him from others is that his passions have insistently pushed him to note time. He has been compelled to remember our past, and by not forgetting, to inform our future. But what strikes me most about him is his absolute insistence on living life in the present tense.
Living is something that Arthur does extremely well. Through each decade of his astonishing life, he has managed to be deeply touched and to have deeply touched many. His intellect is extraordinary, his wisdom cup full, his heart swollen to capacity, and his spirit is that of a shy, six-year-old kid trying not to let on.
One of my great pleasures in recent years has been to nudge Arthur about that deep well of optimism I know lies within him. I usually get a good laugh out of him when I warn him that he might be in danger of exposing that neatly covered reservoir. You see, I believe Arthur Miller is a dreamer and seeker of truth--the truth that lies within the mystery of human existence. He seeks the truth and dares to ask the questions Why am I here? How can I make a difference? Who am I? What am I? The big stuff. By merely asking these questions--let alone pursuing cogent answers--Arthur reveals the optimist living within him. No one makes it through the last eighty-five years standing without a pillar of optimism to hold him up in the face of disappointment. Arthur Miller, not only are you an optimist, but a cheery one at that. Sorry, Arthur. Your cover is blown.
Perhaps most profound for me is Arthur's willingness to embrace his own fear. Fear--the common denominator for all of us. If there is a single gift that my friendship with Arthur has bestowed, it has been the demystification of fear.
Let me go back for a minute to that rooftop in Manhattan. I remember sitting across from Arthur that breezy spring day. We were there to talk about working together at my theater, Signature Theatre Company, where each year we have the pleasure of dedicating a season to a living writer. Arthur and I started by discussing each and every one of his plays and the various experiences associated with his canon. The work began to tell us what might be a meaningful season, as it always does when it's good. We talked not of his works known by many, but rather, the plays that held a special place in Arthur's heart. Some cried out for mending, some just for another chance, but all fed the spirit of discovery in both of us. As we talked, that kid inside Arthur surfaced. His eyes lit up as the ideas percolated.
We talked of putting together a season that would address those "I wish I could reinvent" or "if I had to do it over again" moments we have in our lives. It was quite a joy to give birth to the renewed potential in each play and in doing so, to present a broader, deeper experience and appreciation of Arthur's work-and to have Arthur involved in every step of the discovery.
Our conversation ultimately resulted in a 1997-1998 season that included a reworking of The American Clock, The Last Yankee with I Can't Remember Anything, and the world premiere of Mr. Peters' Connections. In addition, the season presented a live broadcast of a radio play from the late thirties, The Pussycat and Expert Plumber Who Was a Man; and a reading by Arthur of his children's story, Jane's Blanket, which he read to a crowd of children and his now-grown daughter, Jane.
That season I had the pleasure of seeing Arthur at work-an artist who is completely in tune with his craft and, most importantly, who is understanding and respectful of his collaborators. He was always available and ready to expose the mystery of the creative moment, either by his willingness to accept newly discovered subtext, or by acknowledging the wonder of the creative process itself. No pretense . . . no bull . . . straight out. He gave life to his work by allowing it to breathe and evolve through respectful collaboration.
There was a fun moment when we were in rehearsal for The American Clock, a Depression-era tale that confronts the impact and toll of the time. It is a bit of a monster with fifteen actors playing some fifty roles and over thirty songs from the period played live. It's a big one. We were in the first week of rehearsal, breaking down the text and trying to get all the circumstances of the play in place, organizing the facts. I remember one of the actors had pointed out a discrepancy in the text to Arthur--two facts that that could not have occurred simultaneously. The room fell silent as Arthur contemplated this discovery. He turned to the actor and with great authority and a devilish grin said, "Mind your own business." He was caught . . . and so were we all, by his honesty and good humor. It seems a simple thing, I suppose, to witness someone "fessing up," but somehow the stakes seem higher when you are sitting in the room with one of the finest writers and minds of the twentieth century.
Toward the end of our season I sat with Arthur at the opening of his new play, Mr. Peters' Connections. We sat out in the lobby, both having opted to enjoy the peace of an empty room over the tension of an audience surely judging our every move. He turned to me and said, referring to our audience, "Where do they come from? Who are they? Why do they come?" There was a sort of puzzlement, or anxiety--or could it be fear--that ran across Arthur's face in that moment, a revealing reflection of my own state of mind.
Those questions got me thinking and ultimately I realized that if we are to learn anything about ourselves, we must be willing to be afraid, to step forward into the abyss of uncertainty. Arthur's willingness to expose his own doubts and fears was an invitation for me to forgive my own. Surely, I thought, he has been at this a long time and doesn't feel what I feel. But of course he must. Arthur, by example, provided me with a great gift that day, liberating me from expectation and the grip of fear.
I realized in my time with Arthur that experience informs the present, but does not provide answers. Although we all hope for a clear path to take us wherever we think it should, remarkably, we realize there is no such thing. Here is Arthur Miller, playwright, intellectual, activist, etc. He must have it figured out, right? Wrong. What he has is the willingness to say, "I don't know," and to muster up enough courage to proceed, one foot in front of the other. He confronts his fear every day and runs straight at it, full speed ahead. Time has told him that there is no other choice worth pursuing if you are to live in the present tense. The final punch is that while our past informs our present, both are irrelevant unless we have the courage to "know" nothing--to approach the present as if it were the first time. After all, isn't it?
Fear is a powerful tool when someone teaches you how to use it. Courage is contagious when you see the good it does and how it liberates you. Both, together, open your eyes and heart to a vista of possibilities previously unimagined. The "kid" that is present in Arthur is the fear itself. It is his wonder at humanity and his astonishment that we ever connect to one another at all. He has managed, for all his years, to hold on to wonder, embrace fear, and challenge himself and a few others along the way. That is some remarkable kid.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Senior Kendall Brabson served as hero of not just one but both games of Sunday's doubleheader with Barton College. Brabson hit walk-off home runs in both games to guide the Lady Tornado to a sweep of the Bulldogs, 4-3 and 5-3. Hannah Light took wins in both games while King improved to 22-12 overall, 9-7 in conference play this season.
Brabson hit her third and fourth home runs of the season, both in walk-off fashion. With two mighty swings, the senior from Bean Station, Tenn., broke a pair of seventh-inning ties and gave King two victories. Her leadoff solo home run in game towered over the right field fence at the King College Softball Complex in a 4-3 victory before the rains came. After a two-hour delay and six innings of play in game two, one final storm rolled over the field in the way of a two-run shot by Brabson, giving King the sweep, 5-3.
GAME ONE: Barton 3, King 4
Hannah Light (Coeburn, Va.) turned in four scoreless innings in the circle, retiring the side in order in the second and third innings while stranding a pair of Bulldog runners at second in the remaining two frames.
While Light kept Barton scoreless, the Lady Tornado took advantage of a Barton error in the field that allowed Christy Kooch (Knoxville, Tenn.) to score after she led off the second inning with a double. With runners on first and third, Cassie Ringstaff grounded to Barton third baseman Amber Weaver whose errant throw allowed Kooch to cross the plate.
Barton tied the game at one on an Autumn Herrin single that plated Weaver before the Bulldogs took a 4-1 lead with a three-run sixth inning. After an error and fielder's choice put runners at first and second, base hits by Rebecka Morgan, Weaver, and Heather Gatton helped Barton to take a three run lead into the bottom of the sixth.
King responded with three in their half of the sixth when the offense was jumpstarted by Cassie Ringstaff's RBI triple to center field. After an error by catcher Casey Strickland allowed Ringstaff to score, Christina Melcher plated the final run to tie the game at three with a ground out to short, scoring Tiffany Harris from third.
The stage was then set for the first of Brabson's two walk-off shots on the day, working Barton relief pitcher Emily Jordan and besting her by blasting an inside offering of the right field fence. The solo homer broke the tie and gave King a 4-3 win in game one.
Light (10-2) went all seven innings and took the win, her 10th of the year. The sophomore struck out eight batters and allowed only one earned run.
GAME TWO: Barton 3, King 5
Brabson again went for the win in her final at bat of the seventh inning in game two, belting a game-winning two-run homer to complete the sweep of the Bulldogs. Emily Jordan walked leadoff hitter Fallon Thomas to bring the hard-swinging lefty to the plate. After driving the count full, Brabson fouled off a pair Jordan pitches before the senior ripped the eighth pitch of the at bat inside the right field foul pole for her second walk-off home run of the day.
King jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the third inning after two Barton errors helped the Lady Tornado get on the board. Christy Kooch reached base and motored to third on a bad throw by third baseman Amber Weaver. Cassie Ringstaff's ground out to the right side of the infield allowed Kooch to score, putting King up 1-0. Aubrey Hutt scored in the second inning after advancing to second on an error in the field and was plated by a sacrifice fly by Cora Milliken.
Barton tied the game when Rebecka Morgan reached base and later scored after being walked by Rachael Wilmoth in the fourth and sixth innings. Each time, Morgan scored on doubles by Emily Jordan and Alex Baylis. King retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth when Hannah Light scored on a single up the middle by Christina Melcher, but Barton was quick to tie the game once again. Light entered the game in relief of Wilmoth in the fifth, but her throwing error allowed Liz Webb on base to later score on pinch hitter Kristin Moore's double to the left center field gap.
Light (11-2) took the win after Brabson's seventh-inning heroics after 1.1 innings of relief. Wilmoth got the start and the no-decision after 5.2 innings of work, allowing two runs on four hits.
Game two was delayed by nearly two hours due to storms that passed through the area.
King (22-12, 9-7) continues its current homestand with two final conference games against St. Andrew's Presbyterian College on April 5 before taking on regional opponents Tusculum College (April 9) and Milligan College (April 10), all at the King College Softball Complex. First pitch of game one against the Black Knights is set for 2:00 p.m.
Ironically, Kendall Brabson's walk-out song when she approaches the plate is Aerosmith's "Walk This Way", which blared incessantly prior to her walk-off blasts!


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In Arizona, the months of May and June are typically hot and dry, with temperatures rising above 100 degrees. When the long hot days drag on, we begin to see the long awaited arrival of monsoon season. In Arizona, the monsoon season officially begins June 15th and ends September 30th. Monsoon rains often deliver harsh unexpected winds and rain. There are many things that can be done to prepare your homes and business to avoid disasters.
It is important to step back and review your structure top to bottom. Start with the roof. Each roof type requires special maintenance. Flat roofs, commonly found in Arizona, require frequent re-coating. Be sure there are no cracks or gaps on the flat surface. Due to the fact dirt and debris settle in the dry scuppers most of the year, they will need to be flushed or power washed clean to ensure the monsoon rain will drain properly. Tile roofs, also common in Arizona, require special maintenance. Always consult a professional if you are in doubt.
It is critical to maintain the landscape and grade close to your foundation. Large over hanging trees often fall when the monsoon winds rage. Landscape gravel and dirt can accumulate against the foundation causing faulty grade. Faulty grade increases the risk of water entering the structure through the weep screed and entry points.
Air conditioning and swamp cooler units are an essential part of life in Arizona. Those units take care of us, so we certainly should take care of them. Be sure filters are changed frequently and the condensation lines are clear. Preventative maintenance will save you money in the end.
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Guy Chugs Beer Before You Can Blink [VIDEO]
This guy (it's a guy right?) dressed as Hello Kitty is not allowed anywhere near our beer. He also isn't allowed anywhere near our nice drinking glasses.
This beer chug is impressive but the real interesting thing is to think how many failed attempts it took before he got to this level of quick consumption. Those are the videos we want to see. Maybe a montage of him choking up on pints of Miller Lite and coughing glasses into the air. Now that's entertainment.
He keeps chugging beer like this and he is never going to fit into that fancy tank top again. Hello Kitty bathing suit season is just around the corner too.


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Special night for Jacobs' Traub
In honor of Senior Night, Jacobs girls volleyball coach Lisa Dwyer, her players and coaching staff all wore pink T-shirts to school on Tuesday adorned with the image of smiling setter Mackenzie "Mackie" Traub.
"Don't you think it's unfair that you're favoring that one senior over the others?" another teacher asked Dwyer.
"No," Dwyer replied matter-of-factly. "We only have one."
As the team's only senior, the spotlight shined brightly on Traub before and during Jacobs' final home match against rival Dundee-Crown. The game program? Fully dedicated to Traub, complete with a collage of her greatest moments and separate tribute letters from her parents and her coaches.
Her house? Covered in at least 50 rolls of Charmin the night before. "They got us very badly," she said.
Even the hallways of the school were plastered with fliers bearing her picture, reminders to the Jacobs Gold Rush cheering section not to miss "Mackie Night."
Traub provided the storybook finish. She stepped to the service line with Game 2 tied at 22-22. Not only did the 5-foot-3 senior serve out the final 3 points of the match, she delivered perfectly placed sets on the final 2 points, which hitter Katie Mahoney slammed to the floor with vicious spikes to punctuate Jacobs' 25-17, 25-22 victory.
Jacobs (19-15, 4-8 FVC Valley) finished Game 1 with a 7-0 run and finished Game 2 on a 5-0 run.
"Finishing it 5-0 was a good way to end my last home game, that's for sure," said Traub who finished with 20 assists in a 5-1 offense. "Setting Katie, well, we're very close. Me to her on the last two plays was kind of special."
"They were perfect," Mahoney said of Traub's last 2 sets. "We all definitely wanted to get this last conference win for Mackie. She deserves it."
Mahoney finished with a match-high 9 kills to go with 3 aces and 6 digs as the Golden Eagles completed a 2-match season sweep of rival Dundee-Crown (13-16, 2-10).
The Chargers, who sometimes played five sophomores on the floor simultaneously, pulled with 18-17 in Game 1 when junior Kiana Mays sent a soft shot to the floor.
Jacobs responded with 7 straight points, highlighted by 2 of junior Allie Campbell's 3 aces and 2 kills by sophomore outside hitter Kyla Fitzsimmons, who finished with 5.
"Close games can go either way," Traub said. "At the end of Game 1 you could tell they got frustrated with each other. We just took it from there."
The Chargers mounted another strong challenge in Game 2, tying it 19-19 on an alert dump by sophomore setter Frankie Cavallaro, who registered 16 assists to go with 5 kills and 6 digs. D-C grabbed a 22-20 lead on a spike by sophomore Breanna Novak that split the Jacobs block.
After a timeout, the Golden Eagles fired back with the next 5 points, 3 of them on kills by Mahoney.
"We're not collectively playing together right now," D-C coach Christine Hopkins-Muehl said. "We have some individuals who have some moments, but we just can't get that we-before-me concept going. I thought we were lacking a little bit of desire. That little glimmer in the eye to go after and chase down every little thing wasn't there."
Junior libero Kassie Kasper finished with 11 digs and sophomore middle hitter Bridget Wallenberger added 4 kills for Jacobs.
Mays and Novak and sophomore Ashley Raby each recorded 5 kills, and senior libero Kaylee Sommers added 9 digs for Dundee-Crown.


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Twelve Big Ten student-athletes earned Capital One Academic All-America distinction, as announced on Thursday. Ohio State's Michael Newburger was tabbed the Capital One All-America of the Year. The complete list of Big Ten Academic All-America award recipients can be found below.
Men's Capital One Academic All-America
First Team
Nick Caldwell, WIS - swimming & diving
Connor Jaeger, MICH - swimming & diving
Michael Newburger, OSU - gymnastics*
David Taylor, PSU - wrestling
Second Team
Eric Ress, IND - swimming & diving
Third Team
Jamie Bissett, PUR - swimming & diving
*Academic All-America of the Year
Women's Capital One Academic All-America
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Emily Wong, NEB - gymnastics
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Kimberly Dinh, WIS - golf
Brooklynn Snodgrass, IND - swimming & diving
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Courtney Beidler, MICH - swimming & diving
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J.F. - Third strike, in prison, sodomy, kidnap, false imprisonment, assault. Result: Not Guilty on all charges.
S.S. - Largest single incident of worker's compensation fraud in Los Angeles County history. Result: Dismissal.
M.W. - One of the largest welfare fraud cases in Los Angeles County history. Result: Probation with restitution.
R.R. - Third DUI San Bernardino County, .20 blood alcohol by blood test. Result: No jail, 120 days residential treatment and DMV set aside.
E.Z. - Possession of heroin in state prison Los Angeles County. Result: No jail, probation and house arrest.
M.L. - Transportation of cocaine and third DUI in Van Nuys. Result: No jail, residential treatment and house arrest.
D.B. - Second DUI Ventura, .13 Blood alcohol. Result: Dismissed after filing Suppression Motion
J.R. - Felony evading arrest Ventura, 140 MPH police pursuit on US 101. Result: Misdemeanor with work release.
M.B. - DUI on Federal Military reservation, .08 bac with open container in car. Result: 1 point infraction and $100 fine.
J.T - San Bernardino DUI with solo rollover traffic collision, .13 bac, driving and juvenile passenger hospitalized (broken arm). Result: Misdemeanor DUI with no jail, probation and $500 fine.
M.A. - Possession of marijuana for sale, thousands in cash and multiple firearms in Lancaster. Result: Dismissed after suppression motion.
K.M. - Possession of Methamphetamine in Malibu. Result: Dismissed after suppression motion.
C.H. - Arrested for Assault with Deadly Weapon in Pasadena. Result: Dismissed after 12 anger management classes.
M.G. - $13,000 Felony check fraud Los Angeles. Result: Probation with 30 days community service.
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January 09, 2013 09:13 ET
Proceeds to Drive Continued Cloud Transformation of the Enterprise Performance Management Market
Proceeds to Drive Continued Cloud Transformation of the Enterprise Performance Management Market
REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 9, 2013) - Host Analytics, the leader in cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM), today announced that it has closed $17 million in Series D venture financing. The proceeds will be used to fuel the company's continued rapid growth, including continued North American and international expansion, and to support growth in the company's strategic partner program.
The company recently completed a record 2012 with revenue growth in excess of 90 percent, and won transactions at key customers including WD-40, Spouts Farmers Market LLC, NEC and Splunk.
The round was fully financed by the company's existing investors: Advanced Technology Ventures, Trident Capital, StarVest Partners and Next World Capital.
"The cloud has transformed virtually every other sector in the enterprise software business and that transformation is now hitting the EPM market in full force," said Deborah Farrington, founder and general partner at StarVest Partners. "Host Analytics is the right company in the right place at the right time to lead the market transformation."
Host Analytics provides the industry's only cloud-based suite of EPM applications, including financial reporting, planning, budgeting, consolidation and analytics. With the Host Analytics EPM suite, customers can deploy faster, with increased security and a greatly reduced carbon footprint, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to traditional on-premises alternatives.
"Host Analytics had a stellar 2012, including record sales and customer growth," said Dave Kellogg, CEO at Host Analytics. "This financing will enable us to continue full speed ahead in disrupting the traditional on-premises EPM market with the greatly superior cloud technology and business model. We are in the pole position to become the Salesforce, the SuccessFactors or the Marketo of the EPM space."
"Host Analytics is well-poised to extend its leadership in the global EPM market," said Steve Baloff, managing director at Advanced Technology Ventures. "The new financing is a vote of confidence in both the future and potential for the EPM market and the Host Analytics team."
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I bought a CD!
I can't remember the last time I bought a CD. Do people still buy them? Looking at groups like M.O.P. sell 2,000 records their first week makes me wonder what happened to the other people who used to buy their records. What about Heltah Skeltah? They pushed gold on their debut if I remember correctly and I doubt their last record pushed anywhere near six figures.
Years ago there were constantly new hot albums coming out. There was anticipation! I still remember faking sick to run up the street and buy Midnight Marauders. Now, not so much. Nowadays when I hear a good record I am shocked. I honestly don't expect quality albums to come out. Face it-many of the albums you want to be a classic really aren't. I just listened to that new Cormega album, and as much as I wanted to love it, (look at the production) it simply fell short. Granted, it had some hot songs on it, but you know the Pete Rock and Premier production on it is not anywhere near Illmatic level. Large Pro's song is amazing,though.
I know where my hip-hop money went- car payment, rent, DVD's. You name it-anything but CD's. Where did yours go and how many discs do you purchase every year? If you purchase a couple a year like me, is it due to the wackness that they try to pass off as quality hip-hop? Do you feel like a sucker paying for something you know you can get for free? When is the last time you can honestly say you were excited for a new disc? Like drooling/your calendar is marked/you have $10-$15 bucks set aside for the purchase?


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February 28th: Hershey Kit Kat (US)
If you are one of my dedicated readers you will be aware that I really enjoy looking at how one bar of chocolate can differ from country-to-country. Down the years I have done this with the likes of the Snickers bar, ongoingly with Cadbury Dairy Milk and of course with the renowned Nestle Kit Kat.
Having picked up on my fondest for country-on-country comparisons, ChocolateMission reader Paul sent me these Kit Kats that he sourced from the US. Before sampling them, I couldn't help myself but look at what other chocolate bloggers had said about the US Kit Kat - no surprises that Cybele's review over at CandyBlog (See HERE) was the most thorough and insightful ;) No doubt some of you may have been confused by the title of the post what with the 'Hershey' branding replacing the more commonly seen 'Nestle'. Well to clear this up in the most succinct manner let me hand over to Wikipedia ...
'Kit Kat bars in the United States are produced under licence by The Hershey Company, a Nestlé competitor, due to a prior licensing agreement with Rowntree.'
As of time of writing (February 2011), the US range currently consists of a Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Extra Crispy (Chunky) aswell as several seasonal lines. Being the generous chap he is, Paul sent me a one of each of the different bars.
As you can see by the photos the first noticeable difference from the UK bars was of course the wrappers (you can click in to the photos today to make them a little bigger!!). Aesthetically I thought they were pretty cool and I happened to think they conveyed a fresher, more modern look for the brand. Unzipped from their foil confines, both finger and chunky formats looked no different to their UK counterparts - you wouldn't have been able to tell one apart from the other.
So the taste test - how did they all fair!??
Well, unlike the UK bars where I genuinely cant pick a favourite between the Chunky & Finger format, I actually had greater fondness for the Hershey's Extra Crispy variety compared to it's finger equivalent. The main reason for this was because of the chocolate coating, as I found it was more reliant on it's sugar based flavours and wasn't as creamy as any of it's Nestle equivalents (UK, Japan, Australasia ... you name it!). Unfortunately this was something that only seemed to be more noticeable with the White Chocolate variant. Although the taste of the white chocolate had a stronger creamier taste initially, the sugar based flavours came with greater intensity as the chocolate melted. For my taste the white chocolate bar was too sweet, and not totally consumable in the one sitting without getting that throat scorching sensation. Ending on a more positive note, the Extra Crispy had a firmer, larger and ultimately more flavoursome wafer at it's heart - this format did prove to be my preferred one of them all.
Overall whilst must be stressed that Hershey have by no means taken the Kit Kat and done anything wrong with it whatsoever, I personally thought they weren't quite as their Nestle comparators. Stick the two bars in front of your average person and it is likely they wouldn't be able to tell them apart, as ultimately the differences between the two are pretty subtle. Speaking as a bit of a Kit Kat fanatic myself though, I couldn't help but pick up on the things I have gone into detail about above. To put it in to context it wouldn't be worth an American importing a UK Kit Kat based on a recommendation of superior taste, nor would make sense at all for a UK citizen to avoid these American versions because they aren't as good. Fundamentally they both provide that terrific Kit Kat experience.
Hershey Kit Kat Milk Chocolate - 42.0g
Kcal 210 Fat 11.0g Fat(sats) 7.0g Carbs 27.0g
7.5 out of 10
Hershey Kit Kat White Chocolate - 42.0g
Kcal 220 Fat 12.0g Fat(sats) 8.0g Carbs 27.0g
6.8 out of 10
Hershey Kit Kat Extra Crispy - 45.0g
Kcal 220 Fat 12.0g Fat(sats) 8.0g Carbs 29.0g
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WEEK 1, DAY 2: Wonder Reds Words DayOn Day 2, Wonder Reds Words Day, the activities focus on rhyming with the ALL word family.
Click on the links below to access an overview of the Day 2 activities, the Day 2 materials list, instructions for each activity (including related PDFs), take-home worksheets, and links to the related episode, computer game, and video clips.
Day 2 Syllabus
The schedule and overview of activities for Week 1, Day 2 (Wonder Reds Words Day!)
Day 2 Materials
A list of the materials needed for Week 1, Day 2 of camp.
Introduction to Wonder Reds Words Day and Previous Day Review
Campers talk about Wonder Red and are introduced to the days activities. They review camp rules, and the literacy skills learned on Day 1.
Interactive Viewing: The Three Little Pigs / Transform into Wonder Red
The group watches and discusses the episode SUPER WHY and the Three Little Pigs. They then transform into Wonder Red whose Word Power is the focus of the Day 2 activities. Download or stream the episode using the link below.
Computer Time (Optional): Wonder Reds Freeze Dance Rhyming Game
Play the Wonder Reds Freeze Dance Rhyming Game as a whole group activity. Campers take turns choosing the rhyming word that will make Wonder Red dance. A link to the game can be found below.
Craft Activity: Tisket-A-Tasket Lets Make a Basket
Campers build familiarity with words in the ALL family by using cut-out letters to make rhyming words (BALL, TALL, WALL) on a felt picnic blanket. Then they decorate a picnic basket to store their blanket and letters in.
Game: Word Charades
Campers take turns acting out an ALL family word; fellow campers guess which word is being performed.
Movement Activity: Freeze Dance Rhyming Game and Finding Super Letters
Everyone dances to music, freezing only when an ALL family word is called out. Then campers search for the Super Letters and find the Super Story Answer.
Extended Learning
Watch and sing the Wonder Red Rhyming Song and play the Wonder Red game from the episode, sounding out ALL family words. Download or stream the video clip using the link below.
Wrap Up
Do a quick review of the ALL family words practiced in Day 2. If you wish, do a one-on-one assessment of each campers ability to recognize the rhyming words. Then sing the Hip Hip Hurray song to celebrate the accomplishments of the day.
Take-home Materials
In take-home worksheet #1, campers look at pictures of ,ALL family words and pick the letter or letters that each word starts with to form complete words. In take-home worksheet #2, they draw a line from each picture to the matching ALL family word.
All of Day 2
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Charlie Trotter redefined fine dining
With a culinary style he likened to improvisational jazz, Charlie Trotter changed the way Americans view fine dining, pushing himself, his staff, his food and even his diners to limits rarely seen in an American restaurant. Yet it was his reluctance to move beyond those limits that may have defined the last years of his life.
Trotter, 54, died Tuesday, a year after closing his namesake Chicago restaurant that was credited with putting his city at the vanguard of the food world and training dozens of the nation's top chefs, including Grant Achatz and Graham Elliot.
Paramedics were called around 10 a.m. to Trotter's Lincoln Park home, where they found him unresponsive. An ambulance crew transported Trotter to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was declared dead after unsuccessful attempts to revive him, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said. An autopsy is planned for today.
His wife, Rochelle Trotter, on Tuesday expressed the family's shock at his death and appreciation for the many tributes pouring in from all quarters.
"He was much loved and words cannot describe how much he will be missed," she said in a statement. "... His impact upon American Cuisine and the culinary world at large will always be remembered."
For decades, Trotter's name was synonymous with cutting-edge cuisine. He earned 10 James Beard Awards.
Yet Trotter never went to culinary school. He grew up in Wilmette and majored in political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. But an inspiring meal several years earlier had planted the desire to cook.
After graduation, he created a de facto apprenticeship, landing his first job at a restaurant in Chicago's North Shore area called Sinclair's, where he worked under now well-known chefs such as Norman Van Aken and Carrie Nahabedian. From there Trotter moved to restaurants in Florida, San Francisco and France, all the while eating widely and reading cookbooks voraciously.
When he returned to the U.S., he purchased a Victorian house in Chicago and opened Charlie Trotters in it in 1987.
"His restaurant shaped the world of food," said Dana Cowin, editor-in-chief of Food & Wine magazine.
"He was so innovative and focused and intense and really brilliant. When he opened Charlie Trotter he was so original."


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A shipment of children's pirate costumes en-route from China to a distributor in Seattle will never make it to store shelves, reported NBC affiliate KING-TV.
Customs and Border Protection Officers and Consumer Product Safety Investigators were waiting for the shipment coming from a manufacturer with a bad reputation.
They tested the Halloween costumes and found lead levels in the costumes' buttons that are 11 times the legal limit.
In all, agents seized 229 cartons of 1,371 costumes.
All of them will be destroyed.
The shipments were valued at more than $10,000.
Lead can poison developing brains, and these costumes are marketed for young girls.
Inspectors all over the country will now pull any shipments of the costumes from any port where they may have been sent.
Workers from the two agencies are constantly on the lookout for dangerous toys, whether it be from lead, another toxin or breakable parts that can choke a child.
"I will do this ten times," said CPSC Investigator Craig Mabie as he dropped a plastic toy that broke into several pieces when it hit the floor.
Since none of the pieces were small enough to it into a simulated child's throat, that toy passed the test.
It also passed a scanner test that can instantly detect dangerous levels of lead and other toxins.
The agencies are on guard this time of year because so many Halloween and Christmas toys are coming in from producers around the world.
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MUSC 497 Composition Senior Project (.5 or 1)
The final project is an original composition in a large-scale form: orchestra piece, wind quintet, string quartet, song cycle or choral cantata. The student will choose the particular medium and form in consultation with the professor. A defense of the composition before a panel of three faculty members will take place at the completion of the project. Required of all composition majors in the senior year, the course is taken one semester for a full credit or spread over two semesters for .5 credits each.
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A 13-year-old boy is among three teenagers who have been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 18-year-old was stabbed to death last night, police said.
Officers and paramedics went to Sydenham in south-east London at 8.30pm to reports that a fight had erupted between a group of youths.
They discovered the 18-year-old had been stabbed, and he was pronounced dead at the scene in Wells Park Road about an hour later.
His next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem examination and formal identification will take place in due course, Scotland Yard said.
A second youth, 17, was also stabbed and taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
Three teenage boys, a 13-year-old and two 15-year-olds, are being held by police on suspicion of murder.
A 17-year-old was also arrested on suspicion of assault.
The four are being held in custody at various south London police stations.
Detective chief inspector Russell Taylor of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, who is leading the investigation, urged anyone with information about the attacks to contact police.
He said: "A number of youths gathered in Wells Park Road before a fight broke out. Many people would have witnessed the attack as well as the aftermath.
"I would urge those people to contact officers so that we can piece together the events that led up to this murder."
Asked if the attacks were thought to be gang related, a Scotland Yard spokesman said: "It remains a line of inquiry, but we are still at an early stage of the investigation."
Anyone with information should contact the incident room on 0208 721 4868 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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is pretty amazing for a computer under $5000. So, has anyone ehse heard this?
I've heard from a friend that Apple G4s cannot be exported from the US because they are considered "Super Computers". Now, we've all heard Apple refer to them as that. You have to admit that 11.5Gflops
is pretty amazing for a computer under $5000. So, has anyone ehse heard this?
It's crap. Technically speaking A geforce 3's GPU performs more "operations" per second than a Motorola CPU.
He's repeating crap propaganda that Apple put out.
Even PS2's are restricted export/import items due to the computing power in them. That's allegedly one reason why the US requested that Japan not allow production of PS2's in Taiwan or China.
Intel's and AMD's chips, and even Cyrix chips are probably restricted items to countries like Iraq/Iran, Cuba, etc.
Yeah it's probably garbage. Although it's really not possible to compare dedicated processing units like the nvidia GPUs because they are not general purpose, rather, they cant be deployed in such a way that the op/s would mean real computing power.
I know about the comparing Apples to Oranges, but since that's what's done as part of the Apple propaganda, that's what I did as well. Ya might note the quotes I put around "operations".
The PS2 export limitation is real though, and there were even a few stories about this, especially with Iraq in mind.
It's utter, total, and complete propaganda with not a shred of truth about it.
yup. a friend at work told me that saddam bought a few thousand ps2's b/c the chip in them can be used to steer missiles. he heard that on cnn or something.
- shannim
Yeah, I heard the same thing about him buying a load of ps2's. Crazy shit.
Their supposed to redefine the term "super computer" in the near future, it would make sense too if they did.
If i'm not mistaken, the reason that Apple started that "propoganda" was that the old definition of a super computer was for the CPU to reach 1 gigaflop. And according to some US trade laws, a "super computer" is considered arms, and thus could not be exported. Of course, that's kind of stretching it, but nonetheless, i'm fairly sure that's how it came to be.
This article spouting the "Super Computing" abilities of a G4 wasn't from any particular Apple Propaganda magazine, but from a PC Magazine or PC World blurb. Though I would consider it some propaganda, yes, they do have a point about the "pure power" of the chip. How many Gflops can an A4-1200 or P4-1800 do? How about $/flops?
I think the PS2 does something like 7.2 or is it 7.8 Gflops.
IIRC, The GPU of Nvidia's original Geforce was 1.2Gflops and the Geforce 2 GPU was 8 Gflops.
So, as I was saying earlier, according to the supercomputer crap, and yes, Apple started it first, not PCWorld or PCMagazine IIRC. So, we shouldn't be allowed to ship just the video cards to anyone either
It's as bad as the crap about the Intel P3 series making the internet faster. Now the P4 making the internet faster is mostly crap, but if it improves MP3 and video compression (how about decompression?) then you could vaguely say yeah.
the words were "could not be exported to certian countries." Reason being, the govt' still believes they are computers
We've always had restrictions on exporting certain types of electronics, it's just stevie-wonders-jobs giving some more mac propoganda BS.
quote:You can forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrget about it! You're not going to get 11.5 usaful Gflops out of a G4. You're not going to run any kind of normal app (or nuclear simulation or whatever) at 11.5 Gflops. You just don't have enough bandwith.
Ok, fine fine...propaganda. However, how is it you get a "useful" flop out of a computer?
Easy, run SETI.
You beat me to it damn....
Either that or cad/3d design, or some other business app that eats up a load of cpu cycles.
11.5 gigaflops is the dualy unit, counting full altivec usage. IE marketting numbers.
Take a dually p4, count full SSE2, and its marketting numbers will waste the g4. Intel, however, realises that nothing will >>>EVER<<< use every single instruction sse2 is capable of simultaniously, so they don't publish that number.
Apple does.
More interesting are actual benchmark numbers. If you want to see something, check my system benchmarks. www.geocities.com/deedlitcryogenic/geekclit.htm
Now as any person in the know will tell you, ops very from processor to processor, so even "gigaflops" isn't a good judge of processor speed. There's alot more involved.
One G4 is fast and all. Try putting 1000 of them together and do some nuclear arms testing. Exporting ONE of the computers isn't the issue.
Geez.. why are people so bitter about Apple? Did you guys buy the stock at $155 before it fell or something?
The peak sustained performance of the 866.6 Mhz G4e chip is something like 11.5 billion floating point operations per second. THIS IS A FACT.
US Export restrictions define anything over some arbitrary number of GFlops as a 'Supercomputer'. THIS IS A FACT.
So yes, the G4 (even the slowest 400Mhz model) is a Supercomputer by US Export Regulations. DEAL WITH IT. It has nothing to do with whether or not you happen to like the computers that use the G4 chip.
So stop whining. Please.
cause it's friggin retarded. and i say that after careful consideration.
looking at this thread, i'm trying to figure out why it's here. it would seem to be either cpu related, or battlefront material. oh well, no clear place to move it.
Is Coke saying that their product tastes the best wrong? Well, it's subjective. Apple's statement isn't. It's kind of silly, but it's marketing.
All of you need to stop reading ads.
I seem to recall a lot of people raving about the GPU of nVidia. This is too, a buzzword, that nVidia is using to help sell there product, yet I don't hear people complaining about it's use of the "word".
If it's technically a super computer, great. Show off! However, don't berate Apple because their marketing department resourceful.
Bah! RC5
I think RC5 is integer, not floating point.
It's not whining. Apple's benchmarketing, and people are calling them on it--if someone came in here asking if a PIII really made the Internet faster, Intel would get the same treatment. If there's any special animosity for Apple, it's because they complain about the meaninglessness of MHz while holding up FLOPS as an accurate measure of speed.
As pauli said, it's friggin retarded. Apple does better ads when they focus on people using their computers rather than trying to explain why a superultrafast processor is better than a megahyperfast processor.
That's because it's being used in relation to the term "CPU". If someone in A/V claimed "GFORCE IS BETTAR IT SI A *GPU*", it would be another matter.
And here I thought you were going to propose something useful.
Hmm. After looking @ pauli's sidenote and consulting with PeterB, this is Battlefront material.


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JUBA (Reuters) - Two thousand people were forced to flee to a U.N. base after a battle between South Sudanese soldiers and the guards of a former rebel commander laid waste to a small town, the United Nations and witnesses said on Monday.
South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 but the government has been struggling to assert control over an impoverished country the size of France that is full of weapons after decades of civil war with the north.
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By listening, Tim Mullet is learning more than he expected.
The 34-year-old Ohio native and University of Alaska Fairbanks doctoral student has been putting his ear to the sounds echoing through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
And, with the help of 13 audio recorders, he's been able to record more than 85,000 sound files from locations throughout the refuge documenting the biological, anthropogenic and geophysical sounds emanating across the landscape.
The massive recording project is part of the research Mullet needs to finish his dissertation and get his Ph.D., but it also serves a greater purpose.
"We're just trying to build a better knowledge of how sound is distributed throughout the refuge," he said Friday in the basement lab of the Refuge headquarters. "It's not going to drive any management, it just gives us some idea — knowledge for knowledge's sake at this point. So the future of it can drive more studies into specific areas."
One of the large parts of gathering the sound files is studying the anthropogenic — or mechanical or man-made — noises penetrating the wilderness.
Of the 2 million acres of land contained in the refuge's borders, 1.3 million acres are Congressionally designated to be wilderness, Mullet said.
"That wilderness has specific mandates to manage for naturally occurring processes and ecosystems and to provide recreationists with outstanding opportunities for solitude," he said.
The refuge is one of the most visited areas on the Peninsula, he said, making it an area ripe with anthropogenic sounds. The high amount of anthrophony sometimes masks the natural sounds of the refuge, especially in the northwestern portion due to its proximity to developments.
That increased anthrophony degrades the quality of wilderness, Mullet contends. Along with vehicle noise, airplanes, and others, one part of the soundscape on Mullet's mind are the snow machines that allow residents access to remote parts of the wilderness during the winter.
"There is an increase number of snow machines into the refuge over the last several years and they can reach a lot more remote locations, so essentially these mechanical noises are intruding into more remote areas of wilderness," he said.
"Snowmachines are allowed to go into the wilderness areas and to experience solitude in the presence of snowmachines — it's kind of an oxymoron," he said referring to the requirement of Congressionally designated wilderness. "You can't do it."
Mullet uses the 13 recorders — seven of which are in permanent locations — to monitor the sounds throughout the refuge. The recorders are set to capture 20 seconds of audio every 15 minutes.
From there, the data is put into a remote environmental assessment laboratory system that analyzes the frequencies and spits out index numbers of the amount of anthrophony or biophony — natural sounds — occurring at each sound station.
"Then it gets kind of interesting," he said.
From there, Mullet dumps the frequency values along with longitude and latitude information into a predictive modeling software that lets him predict anthrophony throughout the entire refuge.
Mullet can then pull that data into a GIS system and create a map of exactly where the sounds are occurring in the refuge. Areas marked in red contain high levels of unnatural or mechanical sounds and often coordinate with proximity to development or road systems.
That resulting data— the majority of which was compiled from December to April — will be one of several models that he'll create to get the best interpretation of the refuge's soundscape and anthrophony, including the snow machines.
This winter, he hopes to expand to 23 sound stations and try moving to different locations every two weeks.
"The area I can sample and the amount of sound that I can sample throughout the refuge is exponential at that point," he said. "So, we are really going to expand our efforts this winter."
One of the parts of the project is to see how levels of the anthrophony affect wildlife and moose in particular.
"Basically asking the question, 'Do moose have higher stress levels in areas of higher anthrophony?'" he said.
Raised stress might have a physiological affect on the moose, Mullet said. But that's where the project gets a little controversial, he said.
"I presented my proposal to two snowmachine club meetings and the state Fish and Game and those were intense," he said with a laugh.
"Basically I presented my proposal for about 45 minutes and then was asked questions for about two hours."
It's a touchy subject, "and rightfully so," he said.
"The snowmachiners are scared the refuge wants to close the refuge to the snow machines and that's not true," Mullet said.
He added the results of his research might be considered in future management, but "it is not going to drive management."
Mullet will continue his work in the refuge for at least another year before he heads up to Fairbanks to analyze the gathered data. He hopes to be able to defend his dissertation to his committee — including John Morton with Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Falk Huettmann with UAF and Stuart Gage with Michigan State University — sometime in 2014.
But, Mullet said he is just enjoying his time in what he considers one of world's most beautiful areas.
In fact, doing work with the snowmachines has forced Mullet to get in touch with the recreational aspect of the refuge and discover why scores of residents enjoy activities like snow machining.
"Snowmachining is a fun activity and it does get you out to some amazing locations so I can understand completely why people do it," he said.
The project has given him a better perspective on both sides of the issue.
"I've seen some awesome areas throughout the refuge — some areas that nobody else has been through, some areas that you can only access through helicopter or float plane," he said.
He said he has begun to develop a connection with the land and all of its sounds.
"To study human disturbance in the Last Frontier is kind of interesting because we'd like to keep it that way," he said.
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